title: An entrant of smaller fullerene: C56 captured by chlorines and aligned in linear chains.
abstract: A smaller fullerene C56 (#913) is stabilized, isolated, and crystallographically characterized as C56Cl10. The geometric parameters of C56Cl10 imply the otherwise unstable cage of C56 can be stabilized by chlorination through releasing its surface strains and maintaining fragmental aromaticity. An unexpected C Cl...ClC short contact, as well as the linear alignment with pearl-necklace-shaped, is revealed in C56Cl10 crystal.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
authors.forename: Yuan-Zhi
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ye-Yong
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Zhuo-Zhen
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Zhao-Jiang
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Ming-Hui
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Su-Yuan
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Rong-Bin
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Lan-Sun
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Zheng